Trap thieves, I hate em
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10/22/21 09:37 AM
10/22/21 09:37 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446 Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x
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OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,446
Houghton Lake, MI
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I know this comes up from time to time but I just need to air this. Had a trap set in the middle strip of a 2 track on a drag. It was a MB 650. Someone stepped on it and then took it. I have to believe they were not far ahead of me because it was raining all morning bup to abot 15 minutes before I found this. This is the biggest reason I set off trails and I hate drags. If I had it anchored I am sure they would have been working on getting it loose when I got there. The were no dog tracks so I didn't snag fido or anything. I wish people.could respect others rights and property.thanks for letting me rant.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Trap thieves, I hate em
[Re: strike2x]
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10/22/21 10:05 AM
10/22/21 10:05 AM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109 Northern Michigan
J.Morse
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trapper
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Northern Michigan
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Greg. I have had traps walk off from public and private land many times over the years. Fact is, most times the theiver is a fellow sportsman, often fellow trappers, especially when the traps are water sets that are harder to recognize at a glance. People suck.
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Re: Trap thieves, I hate em
[Re: J.Morse]
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10/22/21 10:55 AM
10/22/21 10:55 AM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,225 Midland, MI.
Seldom
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Greg. I have had traps walk off from public and private land many times over the years. Fact is, most times the theiver is a fellow sportsman, often fellow trappers, especially when the traps are water sets that are harder to recognize at a glance. People suck. X2 There were so many "Pandemic Woods Walkers" last year I refused to set on State lands, this year we'll see later. They were showing up in places most people seldom to ever come except during deer season. This past May I was back in on State land 3/4 off a mile near a no longer used logging trail testing lures under cameras. One test site was on a clear cut ridge maybe 150yds from this trail and it was difficult to get to the ridge because of the tops and lots of water. I couldn't believe what I videoed! Here's this big dude dressed in silk short shorts, tank top, hiking boots, and backpack with a service belt with canteen and bayonet. He acted like he was lost and must have had the living crap scratched out of him! I know that country intimately and I never found where he accessed that ridge and I never saw him again.
Last edited by Seldom; 10/22/21 10:57 AM.
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Re: Trap thieves, I hate em
[Re: poconobear]
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10/22/21 02:26 PM
10/22/21 02:26 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109 Northern Michigan
J.Morse
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Northern Michigan
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I also agree “sportsmen” and trappers are thieves. I had a trap and a catch stolen over a mile back in on state land once. It was anchored with a cable stake. The set was disturbed but the thief covered the set with sifted dirt to make it look like it was still a functioning set. Only a trapper does that. Once set up a chunk of private for coyotes. I ended up checking on of the sets for a week or so before pulling.....only to find an empty dirthole set that had the trap removed by someone that re-sifted the dirt over the set. I'm thinking it was someone who had a sifter along with them.......who does that? I'm the only guy that the landowner let on.
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Re: Trap thieves, I hate em
[Re: strike2x]
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10/22/21 02:53 PM
10/22/21 02:53 PM
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Posts: 2,365 Interior Alaska
Oh Snap
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Must be a Michigan thing!
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Trap thieves, I hate em
[Re: strike2x]
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10/22/21 03:25 PM
10/22/21 03:25 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,042 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
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Well trained anti's can and do!
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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